Sunday's Sound Off

“American Grace” by Campbell and Putnam and “Who Really Cares” by Brooks are just two of the books which detail the extent to which conservatives and religious are more generous than liberals and secularists. In 2008, nine of the 10 least generous states were carried by Obama. No surprise there.

This is about the gun control they’re trying to act. It’s never going to happen. The NRA is so powerful, they’re more powerful than our government. They give so much money to these politicians not to vote for it so it will never happen. So these people better just wake up because gun control will never happen.

What nerve does Spring-Ford School District have? They have added another six-figure salary to the budget by creating a new administrative position. The current administration needs to have their salaries cut to make up for this added burden placed upon the taxpayer.

A CONCERNED TAXPAYER

This is in reference to the Affordable Heath Care Act (Obamacare) that will be taking place in 2014. Everyone needs to be aware of the taxes that they do this year is going to affect their eligibility for the “refund” that they’ll receive next year. I paid in for over 13 years over $1,000 a month that I never used and just recently I do need to use but I can’t use it because I’m unemployed now. So, can I get that money back?

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A CONCERNED CITIZEN

Let me see if I have this right. The government cannot exist with 2 percent less spending so they’re going to furlough people, take them from a five-day week down to a four-day week. Now how are those people going to exist with a 20 percent cut in income?

This is to Betty Lou. It is unfortunate that our town is in bad shape but in this economy people are struggling to pay their bills and buy food. Buying paint does not seem a top priority when you and your children are hungry. Maybe by judging these homeowners, you could hand out gift cards to Home Depot since you seem to be in better financial shape than the rest of us.

Can you really believe the headlines that the U.S. is sending $60 million in aid to the Syrian rebels? We’re talking about going through this sequestration and cutting back and we’re sending money to the Syrian rebels when we could use the money here. What is going on in Washington with this president and with our new secretary of state? Unbelievable.

A VETERAN

When you make a telephone call and they have you push one to remain talking in English, I don’t know why you even bother because you’re only going to get somebody else that you can’t understand anyway and then they get mad because you can’t understand them.

I read that eating a medium fruit and yogurt smoothie at a national chain contains four times as much sugar as a chocolate frosted doughnut. I always knew that eating three doughnuts was healthier than eating yogurt.

JIM FITCH

We get it. Hollywood and the Obamas have an ongoing mutual love affair. I fully understand they all live in a pretend world where perception and acting is their reality. Now I simply change the channel when they appear. Their act is becoming worn and weary. Why doesn’t NBC, CBS or ABC just give the Obamas their own talk show, government funded of course? Barack can make guest appearances and discuss the latest book he wrote about himself.

NPC

Betty Lou, you said you were riding around Pottstown and people should be fined. How about the people on fixed income? The taxes are so out of hand in Pottstown that homeowners can’t afford to fix their home anymore. Too busy saving so they don’t get forced out of their house. So Betty Lou, think before you speak.

A POTTSTONIAN

Unbelievable. One person retires, we play musical chairs with a bunch of administrators, everybody gets a raise and we still have to hire a new principal for what kind of outrageous amount. You need one principal for fifth and sixth graders?

Just got the 2013 Montgomery County West Pottsgrove/Stowe Township annual real estate tax bill. What a surprise. It went up $100 from last year. But I guess that’s not hard to figure out. The Democrats are in control in Montgomery County and that’s why it went up that much and it’s going to keep going up. You people put them in, that’s what you get.